Breeding vegetables adapted to high temperatures: A case study with broccoli

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1093-1097

  Farnham, Mark W ^a   Bjorkman, Thomas ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea italica group; Environmental stress; Heat tolerance; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

EID: 80051966238     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.8.1093     Document Type: Article

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